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    that slaves are not just blacks but can be any race. Thomas Edison was an inventor that provided the basic foundation for technology that we still use today and improved on. Thomas Edison created the light bulb‚ phonograph‚ the movie camera and much more. These technologies like the light bulb are taken for granted because most of the world uses light from the basic light bulb‚ led‚ and flashlights. After numerous failures‚ Edison finally found the perfect material for the filament‚ thus replacing

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    Innovation vs Entrepreneurship Navin Kumar Prasannam – 24C “Necessity is the mother of invention” is an English proverb meaning that difficulty or need for ease bolsters inventions aimed at killing those difficulties. This is where an innovator steps in and ensures‚ with all his creativity‚ that there is a product designed to satisfy the necessity. But who ensures the success of the product in terms of its utilization or market share‚ when compared to its rivals? According to the Oxford Dictionary

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    If I Were President

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    easier‚ more efficient‚ and stop making things that we don’t really need. Thomas Edison invented that light bulb. Some people most preeminent it’s finest thing ever I however think it’s terrible. You have to buy new light bulbs and change them almost every six months. Just think of how much time and money you have to spend on a light bulb then‚ multiply that by the number of light fixtures in your house. Thomas Edison may have invented light bulbs but it is said that the ones that are in his house

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    "If I find 10‚000 ways something won’t work‚ I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged‚ because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward" believed Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison was a pioneer of history; he changed the world with his ingenious invention of the light bulb. Back in the days‚ people had to use candles‚ flashlights and even had bed times. Life without the light bulb was very difficult and certainly changed many people’s lives. The invention of the light bulb had major impact

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    16 June 1976 Student Uprising in Soweto When high-school students in Soweto started protesting for better education on 16 June 1976‚ police responded with teargas and live bullets. It is commemorated today by a South African national holiday‚ Youth day‚ which honors all the young people who lost their lives in the struggle against Apartheid and Bantu Education. In 1953 the Apartheid Government enacted The Bantu Education Act‚ which established a Black Education Department in the Department of

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    Throughout time there has always been revolutionary inventions and ideas have been changed the way our lives have changed. In the text “The Phonograph and its Future” Thomas edison uses the possibilities of the phonograph and answered the typical questions like the durability of the phonograph to show how revolutionary his invention is for the world. On the other hand he could have used the past experience of how the phonograph. Because the North American Review was the first Literary Magazine it

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    The 'War of Currents'

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    competition between George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison to supply electricity to cities in the late 1880s is often called the ’War of Currents ’‚ as this battle ultimately decided which type of current became the standard for the generation of electricity today. Due to different advantages and disadvantages‚ Edison promoted direct current (DC) for electric power distribution‚ whereas Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla both advocated alternating current (AC). Edison ’s direct current was initially the standard

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    Nikola Tesla

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    thank Thomas Edison for this. Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljian‚ Croatia at precisely midnight on July 9/10‚ 1856. Not a lot is known about his early childhood. His father was an orthodox priest‚ and his mother‚ though unschooled‚ was highly intelligent. Tesla had an extraordinary memory‚ and he spoke six languages. He Spent four years studying math‚ physics‚ and mechanics at the Polytechnic Institute at Graz. Tesla first came to America in 1884‚ when he was 28. He worked for Thomas Edison

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    Endurance INTRODUCTION: The Frog that Never Give Up A group of frogs were traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit.  When they saw how deep the pit was‚ they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump out of the pit with all of their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop‚ that their struggle was worthless.  Finally‚ one of the frogs‚ tired and discouraged

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    “Genius is one per cent inspiration‚ ninety- nine per cent perspiration.” This famous saying by Thomas Alva Edison is very relevant in our present day context.It means that it is hard work that makes a person a genius.Edison was of the view that geniuses are made‚ not born.I agree with his views.Not everyone in this world who has good luck is a genius.Usually we find that the people who work hard to achieve their goal are the ones who are successful.Many times

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